Airport musings

While I spent eight hours in Atlanta airport yesterday, I spent my time there wondering about the small things that could be improved at airports. I had a reservation on the 10pm flight back to Montreal. As my business in Atlanta was finished in the afternoon, and as I had already checked out of my hotel, I decided to come to the airport early because I had seen there was another flight at 6pm. When I arrived at 3 p.m., even though I was 3 hours in advance to the other flight I was told there was no room. I find that very hard to believe. I then asked if it was possible that some seats would become available before the departure of the earlier flight- the response was: its possible, but once we have checked your bags on the later flight you have to go on that one. Thank you Delta.
So, I sat in the Delta lounge in concourse E for six hours, very grateful for having my Priority Pass. Interestingly, there are a bunch of airlines listed at the entrance to this lounge, but as was the case at LaGuardia, there is no Priority Pass listed. This is a large lounge, and actually very well laid out compared to most of the ones I have been to, but like most lounges in North America I dont understand how they are so limited in terms of services. The food choice is pretzels, crackers, or peanuts- most lounges in Europe, which I have been to have a much wider selection. I am not expecting five star cuisine, but maybe some small sandwiches or soup would be nice.
The World Series is on and people have been grumbling about CNN and FOX being on the TV screens, it looks like they cannot even get the baseball game on TV. I guess this is because we are watching the special airport channels.The best thing about the airport channels is that they repeat themselves- so  I have now seen the CNN interview with Dick Cheney’s wife three times.
My final comment of the day, by the time this gets posted I will already be home in Montreal because I do not have internet access- why cant they have free Wi-Fi access in airport lounges? You can buy access for 24 hours at the very reasonable price of $5, but I, like most of my fellow travelers, am not going to be here at the airport for 24 hours, most people will be here an hour or two at most. Why dont they offer it by the hour?